Comments on: Sometimes, the game changes http://infovore.org/archives/2008/08/18/sometimes-the-game-changes/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yoz http://infovore.org/archives/2008/08/18/sometimes-the-game-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-100656 Yoz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:35:38 +0000 http://infovore.org/?p=1396#comment-100656 I'm on the final GTA4 mission now, and I still don't feel like I ever *learnt* the city - sure, I recognise bits all the time and remember some routes, but I still use the routefinder for everything. As for commuting, being able to forget about driving and just take cabs (nearly) everywhere is one of GTA4's best features. (And the use of the same button to both hail and hijack a cab is one of its worst.) That said, I'm not sure right now that I'll ever complete the game. Not only is the final mission by far the silliest, with some of the worst dialog, but it takes 20 minutes to get to the point where a half-second mistake (bike missions, doncha luv 'em) means you have to do the whole thing over again. Given that my other favourite game of the moment lets me undo a mistake with a 2-second press of the X button, my tolerance may have been stretched to breaking point. I’m on the final GTA4 mission now, and I still don’t feel like I ever *learnt* the city – sure, I recognise bits all the time and remember some routes, but I still use the routefinder for everything. As for commuting, being able to forget about driving and just take cabs (nearly) everywhere is one of GTA4′s best features. (And the use of the same button to both hail and hijack a cab is one of its worst.)

That said, I’m not sure right now that I’ll ever complete the game. Not only is the final mission by far the silliest, with some of the worst dialog, but it takes 20 minutes to get to the point where a half-second mistake (bike missions, doncha luv ‘em) means you have to do the whole thing over again. Given that my other favourite game of the moment lets me undo a mistake with a 2-second press of the X button, my tolerance may have been stretched to breaking point.

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